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Anthony Weiner’s sexual behavior may have underlying issues (No, really? REALLY?!?)
The Washington Post ^ | 7/24/2013 | Lena H. Sun and Meeri Kim

Posted on 07/24/2013 10:06:16 PM PDT by Yossarian

The lewd behavior that New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner engaged in suggests he is struggling with more than bad behavior and could be dealing with a variety of issues driving his problematic sexual behavior, experts said.

But doctors, clinical psychologists and sex therapists differ on the role of biology, as well as issues such as anxiety, depression and insecurity.

Fred Berlin, director of the Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital, said many of his patients exhibit behavior similar to Weiner’s, although he and other experts cautioned that they could not speak to the former congressman’s specific situation.

“It’s driven behavior,” said Berlin, a psychiatrist who has been treating patients for more than 30 years. “People are feeling they are pushed to act a certain way even though their intellect and their conscience may be telling them otherwise.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: addiction; anthonyweiner; carlosdanger; disorders; mentalillness; newyork; newyorkcity; weiner
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To: savagesusie
Actually, Nicollo Machiavelli did believe nice guys could gain power.

His personal political theory was based on an idealization of Cicero. It was probably unworkable.

The view you are referencing comes from In Principia or On Principalities, known in the west as The Prince. That work details not Machiavelli's own precepts but those of Cesar Borgia, the fifteenth century warlord son of Pope Alexander XI and brother of Lucrezia Borgia.

81 posted on 07/25/2013 6:18:05 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: onyx

LOL! If Jesse jackson gets a hold of him he may have similar fears.


82 posted on 07/25/2013 6:25:53 AM PDT by RedMDer (When immigrants cannot or will not assimilate, its really just an invasion. Throw them out!)
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To: mylife

He’s a perv Jim.


83 posted on 07/25/2013 6:39:01 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: goron

“A. Weiner was born this way, and needs to be accepted for his sexual orientation. Acceptance must be without judgement, both from his wife and the public.”

No. Sane and rational people do not need to accept the trappings of mental illness.


84 posted on 07/25/2013 7:05:28 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Yossarian

I think he tires of being the ‘beard’.


85 posted on 07/25/2013 8:02:05 AM PDT by zeugma (Be a truechimer, not a falseticker!)
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To: donmeaker

Thanks for that. I love trivia.


86 posted on 07/25/2013 8:07:40 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Yossarian

If he drops out, look for Huma to take over.


87 posted on 07/25/2013 2:48:50 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Buy and read The Liberty Amendments by Mark Levin!)
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To: MrEdd
FYI...it was Pope Alexander VI. The Showtime series The Borgias portrays many contacts between Cesar Borgia and Machiavelli. They hatched more than a few plots together.
88 posted on 07/25/2013 11:24:06 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: Mashood

5150 insane hold; unless sane females get down on penis..


89 posted on 07/27/2013 7:43:52 AM PDT by goron (If this be treason, make the most of it! - Patrick Henry)
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